9-25-04 memory stone how to:

[Bigfinn]

Harv, ditto what AMP762 said.

[EddieWalker]

Harve,

Thanks for sharing. I was wondering how you'd do that. I'm looking forward to seeing them in person this weekend.

Eddie

[BigAl]

Thanks a lot ! My wife saw this and guess what her newest , I mean my newest project is . Geez ! Does anybody know where I can get cute little butterfly designs !!! This is really cutting into my "serious thinking time" that I need for coming up with new custom built attachments for my tractor!
Joking aside , that is very impressive and with Christmas right around the corner ,you have given me some great idea's .
Big Al

[wroughtn_harv]

Send the wife to Hobby Lobby, Michaels, or other such crafty places. They have plastic stencils for doing crafty things with paint.

Then go to grantcitytools.com and they have the blast resist in different thicknesses.

Clean the stone, or better yet, buy or beg some scrap counter top granite pieces and clean it. Glue down the blast resist. Lay out the crafty stencil and sharpie down the design.

Use a good sharp exacto knife and trim out what you want blasted. Blast. Peel off the blast resist.

Then enjoy the fruits, ahem, rewards, of good husbandry. [img]/forums/images/graemlins/grin.gif[/img] [img]/forums/images/graemlins/grin.gif[/img] [img]/forums/images/graemlins/grin.gif[/img]

BTW I got the nicest PM from one of our members telling me he had followed this advice and had great success.

He's now indebted to me and there's only one way to repay.

Pass it on.

[SPIKER]

Harv:

I forgot to say that we did this back in high school auto body class on car windows. We used plane ole sand on them with the pressure turned down far enough so that sand would come out but not as high as you would for rusty metal. I'm sure stone would take as much air pressure as you could muster! [img]/forums/images/graemlins/wink.gif[/img] we used typical heavy masking tape and put down several layers of tape marked out and blasted it, as glass only needs a very light spray to frost it or heavier longer spray to etch it. though it can take some practice while I was painting cars the other guys were learning detailing that I didn't care for as while I think of my self as a heck of a painter/welder/fabricator, my detaling is well not so good. [img]/forums/images/graemlins/frown.gif[/img] one of the guys in class with me was a pure artist! he could free hand stripes like "Von Dutch" and make it look like it was a reproduction! He drew out some roses and etched them onto his back side glass free hand (both sides were miror images and put his name on the rear glass)
I painted the base coats he stripped & air brushed the rest & finished it... We talked about going into buisness but neither one had any capital I ended up joining Air Force he joined Army. I haven't heard from him since last day of school [img]/forums/images/graemlins/frown.gif[/img]

Anyhow the finish you get on glass will change depending on the blasting media, pressure of air and volume of sand as well as speed you move the tip to glass and angle it hits the glass... also note tempered glass CAN be done this way quite well but every now and again one MAY or WILL shatter! so it is best to get a window for the car at a junk yard and try it on that one first... [img]/forums/images/graemlins/wink.gif[/img]

Marka M [img]/forums/images/graemlins/crazy.gif[/img] [img]/forums/images/graemlins/cool.gif[/img]

[txdon]

The final resting spot for one of the stones, by the bridge over a gully in the woods in Lee County Texas.

Thanks Harvey!

[Moon]

Good pic. Is that the project bridge yall built awhile back (where W_Harv and others helped)?

Moon of Ohio

[bgoodman]

That's the bridge.

pics form blasting more stones yesterday

http://gallery.bg-1.com/12092004